Review and recommendations for zero-inflated count regression modeling of dental caries indices in epidemiological studies

Caries Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-423

  Preisser, J S ^a   Stamm, J W ^b   Long, D L ^a   Kincade, M E ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Excess zeros; Incidence; Increment; Overdispersion; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862265482     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338992     Document Type: Review

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